# Factually! with Adam Conover #### with [Adam Conover](/content/search?q=%22Adam%20Conover%22/index.html) Comedian Adam Conover talks to the most interesting experts and thinkers on Earth about today's most pressing topics. From the rise of AI to the fight for workers’ rights, from porn bans to microplastics, Adam and his guests reveal shocking truths and thought-provoking new perspectives. It’s an investigative comedy interview podcast for curious people who never stop asking questions. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/ice-murders-and-the-maine-senate-scramble-with-david-dayen-and-david-weigel/index.html) [ICE Murders and the Maine Senate Scramble with David Dayen and David Weigel\ 7/17/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/ice-murders-and-the-maine-senate-scramble-with-david-dayen-and-david-weigel#player/index.html) More horrific murders from ICE, an exhausting scramble to find a candidate to replace Graham Platner in the Maine Senate race, and a massive lawsuit to stop the Paramount/Warner Brothers Discover merger. The news doesn’t slow down, so we can’t either. This week, Adam is joined by David Dayen, executive editor of The American Prospect, and David Weigel, national political editor at Semafor. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/queer-parenthood-grief-and-salmon-with-joe-osmundson/index.html) [Queer Parenthood, Grief, and Salmon with Joe Osmundson\ 7/15/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/queer-parenthood-grief-and-salmon-with-joe-osmundson#player/index.html) Choosing whether or not to become a parent can be a profoundly difficult decision, but it only becomes more difficult when you’re queer. Joe Osmundson is a professor of biology at NYU, and the author of Spawning Season: An Experiment in Queer Parenthood. This week, Joe talks with Adam about the life-defining grief that followed his experience of losing a chance to become a father, and what it taught him about society, biology, and salmon. Yes, salmon. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/platner-drops-out-trump-interferes-in-world-cup-with-amy-silverberg-and-julia-wick/index.html) [Platner Drops Out, Trump Interferes in World Cup, with Amy Silverberg and Julia Wick\ 7/10/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/platner-drops-out-trump-interferes-in-world-cup-with-amy-silverberg-and-julia-wick#player/index.html) It’s been a week of twists and turns with Graham Platner dropping out of the Maine Senate race, and Trump interfering with the World Cup only for the USA to promptly lose. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/bojack-creators-comedy-origins-with-raphael-bob-waksberg/index.html) [BoJack Creator’s Comedy Origins, with Raphael Bob-Waksberg\ 7/8/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/bojack-creators-comedy-origins-with-raphael-bob-waksberg#player/index.html) For the past decade, Raphael Bob-Waksberg has pioneered the niche genre of hilarious-yet-heartwrenching animated TV comedies. The BoJack Horseman creator’s new show, Long Story Short, recently landed on Netflix and was immediately met with praise for its perfect balance of madcap humor and intricately layered storytelling. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/is-facebook-finally-dying-with-julia-angwin/index.html) [Is Facebook Finally Dying? with Julia Angwin\ 7/1/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/is-facebook-finally-dying-with-julia-angwin#player/index.html) Meta is on the decline. For the first time ever, they’ve shown a decline in active users. They’ve lost ungodly amounts of money on projects that have gone nowhere. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/why-hollywood-killed-the-tv-sitcom/index.html) [Why Hollywood Killed the TV Sitcom\ 6/30/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/why-hollywood-killed-the-tv-sitcom#player/index.html) Sitcoms from decades ago are dominating streaming platforms. So why is Hollywood fundamentally incapable of making new sitcoms? ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/the-ai-bubble-is-ready-to-burst-with-brennan-lee-mulligan-and-ed-zitron/index.html) [The AI Bubble is Ready to Burst, with Brennan Lee Mulligan and Ed Zitron\ 6/26/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/the-ai-bubble-is-ready-to-burst-with-brennan-lee-mulligan-and-ed-zitron#player/index.html) Smell that? Is that the stench of the algae bloom in Washington? Or maybe the odor of a big honkin’ AI bubble that is ready to burst? ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/you-deserve-to-be-paid-more-with-dino-guastella/index.html) [You Deserve to Be Paid More, with Dino Guastella\ 6/24/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/you-deserve-to-be-paid-more-with-dino-guastella#player/index.html) Politicians love to talk about lowering prices, but they really don’t like to talk about actually raising wages. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/iran-deal-world-cup-and-trumps-ufc-birthday-party-with-alissa-walker-and-chris-estrada/index.html) [Iran Deal, World Cup, and Trump’s UFC Birthday Party with Alissa Walker and Chris Estrada\ 6/19/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/iran-deal-world-cup-and-trumps-ufc-birthday-party-with-alissa-walker-and-chris-estrada#player/index.html) It's a big week for global humiliation! ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/how-to-save-our-state-governments-with-daniel-squadron/index.html) [How to Save Our State Governments with Daniel Squadron\ 6/17/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/how-to-save-our-state-governments-with-daniel-squadron#player/index.html) Our federal government is clearly, visibly messed up. Even scarier? Our state legislatures have immense power. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/spencer-pratt-crashes-and-burns-and-a-historic-knicks-comeback-with-cassie-willson-and-dave-roth/index.html) [Spencer Pratt Crashes and Burns, and a Historic Knicks Comeback with Cassie Willson and Dave Roth\ 6/12/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/spencer-pratt-crashes-and-burns-and-a-historic-knicks-comeback-with-cassie-willson-and-dave-roth#player/index.html) This week, Adam is joined with Dave Roth from Defector and comedian Cassie Wilson to discuss the Knicks historic comeback. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/freedom-250-concert-flop-and-pattie-gonia-v-patagonia-with-bethy-squires-sabrina-jalees/index.html) [Freedom 250 Concert Flop and Pattie Gonia v. Patagonia, with Bethy Squires & Sabrina Jalees\ 6/5/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/freedom-250-concert-flop-and-pattie-gonia-v-patagonia-with-bethy-squires-sabrina-jalees#player/index.html) This week, Adam is joined by Sabrina Jalees, host of Good Enough, and Bethy Squires, writer at The Vulture and Pin-Up. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/heres-proof-everyone-hates-ai/index.html) [Here's Proof EVERYONE hates A.I.\ 6/4/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/heres-proof-everyone-hates-ai#player/index.html) (In addition to your weekly Factually! episode, this week we're bringing you a monologue from Adam. ## [Factually! with Adam Conover](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/elon-musks-dark-ideology-with-ben-tarnoff-and-quinn-slobodian/index.html) [Elon Musk’s Dark Ideology, with Ben Tarnoff and Quinn Slobodian\ 6/3/2026](/content/factually-with-adam-conover/elon-musks-dark-ideology-with-ben-tarnoff-and-quinn-slobodian#player/index.html) Elon Musk sucks so bad, dude. We all know this already. Unfortunately, however, he remains one of the most consequential people on the planet.